“They burned millions but got nothing.” Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle  - AUTOMATON WEST
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After it replaced a domestic $380 annual license plan for game fonts with a $20,500 plan, Monotype has come under scrutiny.
  • tombruzzo [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    Fonts are a scam. At my old work this company was buying up the rights to fonts and threatening legal action to anyone using them unless they paid up. I know fonts can be a big deal but they’re mostly fucking stupid